`Blend <http://blend.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ is a Python (2.6 or higher)library for interacting with `BioCloudCentral.org`_, `CloudMan`_, and `Galaxy`_'sAPI. Conceptually, it makes it possible to script and automate the process ofcloud infrastrucutre provisioning and scaling, as well as running of analyseswithin Galaxy. In reality, it makes it possible to do things like this:

- Create a CloudMan compute cluster, via an API and directly from your local machine::

.. note:: Although this library allows you to blend these three services into a cohesive unit, the library itself can be used with any single service irrespective of the rest. For example, you can use it to just manipulate CloudMan clusters or to script the interactions with an instance of Galaxy running on your laptop.